Dreamy Hawaiian Moon; Cocoanut Grove

Description (Brief):

Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra, side 1: Dreamy Hawaiian Moon; side 2: Cocoanut Grove (Decca 1798).
78 rpm.

Description (Brief)

These songs were featured in the 1938 Paramount Pictures comedy film Cocoanut Grove, directed by Alfred Santell and starred Fred MacMurray, Harriet Hilliard, Ben Blue, Eve Arden, and Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians as Royal Hawaiian Orchestra.

Date Made: 1938

Composer: Owens, HarryMaker: Decca

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United StatesAssociated Place: United States: Hawaii

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Related Publication: Discography of American Historical Recordings

Credit Line: Gift of Sylvia Montiel

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2019.0079.18Catalog Number: 2019.0079.18Accession Number: 2019.0079Maker Number: 1798

Object Name: sound recording

Physical Description: shellac (overall material)paper (label material)ink (label material)Measurements: overall (trade size): 10 in; 25.4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-685e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1930233

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